Receive the latest local updates in your inbox

California Governor Jerry Brown came to San Jose on Friday to show his support for a plan to get recycled water into residents’ drinking glasses quicker. Michelle Roberts reports. (Published Friday, June 5, 2015)

California Governor Jerry Brown came to San Jose on Friday to show his support for a plan to get recycled water into residents’ drinking glasses quicker.

Brown stopped in the South Bay to meet with several Bay Area mayors to discuss one thing: how to save more water.

“We can capture storm water and rain water in ways we aren’t doing yet,” Brown said. “We can bring down the cost of desalinization.”

Last summer, the Silicon Valley Water Purification Center opened in San Jose. Inside, wastewater is purified to state drinking water standards. But, until the California Environmental Quality Act grants legal approval, the water can only be used for landscaping.